I've recently spread the word a little bit over Facebook in regards to my little slice of blog on the interweb here... and it seems to have worked - traffic went from a suburban side-street to a four-lane highway overnight!
You guys rock!
(Props will be coming shortly for the folks that have spread the word thus far! Just let me get through my next couple of midterms this week... /sigh)
So to everyone that's recently popped up to take a peek, I say "Welcome!"
Feel free to leave some comments! I'm always open to suggestions if you have ideas - or you want to plug your own blog, or know a good cosplayer or photographer OF cosplayers...
The sky's the limit... and I really don't have a firm direction as to where this blog is heading... so I welcome everyone to help steer the boat! =)
Excelsior!
Something i wanted to ask but keep forgetting, when you layer the fiberglass are you crossing it or running it in the same direction? Crossing the fibers make it stronger with less cracking but it's not as plyable. Unless you have found a way arround that.
ReplyDeleteLayering? o.O
ReplyDeleteWhen I did layer it - which I will have to admit hasn't been much other than with the very largest pieces - I slapped the strips down diagonally.
I'd LIKE to say that it was because I wanted to combine the best elements of 'flexibility' versus 'strength'... but in all honesty there was none of that thinking... it was more 'want to get this frikkin' fiberglass cloth to stop sticking to my frikkin' fingers!' LOL
For every other piece... one layer of fiberglass (I've read some do two or even more) followed inside by a layer of resin... I've found it helps smooth out the inner surface a little better... and the weight difference I anticipate to be negligible.
Most of the pieces are structurally sound enough that strength isn't really an issue - like the bicep piece - and can stand a full coat of resin without blinking... and if the left bicep is any indication, they stand up to the autobody filler really well with only that single inner layer of fiberglass (and the extra resin inside and two resin layers outside)